Nba 2017 Standings

 The 2017-18 NBA season ended with the 2018 NBA Finals, which began on May 31, 2018, and concluded on June 8, 2018, on ABC. The playoffs began on April 14, 2018, and ended on June 8, with the Golden State Warriors defeating the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2018 NBA Finals. The regular season ended April 12, 2017, with the playoffs beginning April 15, 2017, and ending on June 12, 2017, with the Golden State Warriors going 16-1 in the postseason, and beating the Cleveland Cavaliers in five games in their third straight meeting in the NBA Finals. The regular season began on October 17, 2017, earlier than in past seasons in order to decrease the amount of back-to-back games teams were scheduled to play, with the 2017 Eastern Conference Champion (and runner-up to the Finals) Cleveland Cavaliers hosting the Boston Celtics at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.

 

It seems almost strange to give credit to the Miami Heat following the departure of Dwyane Wade, with the Miami Heat barely holding onto relevance in the Eastern Conference throughout much of the season. Miami Heat certainly has the talent to compete with the best teams in the Eastern Conference when they are fully healthy, but an entire postseason run presents new challenges. In fact, although the Miami Heat are not blowing anybody away with their 102.9 points-per-game average, the team is ranked top-12 in shooting percentage from deep (36.5%) and has seven players who are averaging double-digits.